Attachment for oil-cans.



E. A. OLIVER.

ATTACHMENT FOR OIL CANS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26. 1915.

Patented July 3, 1917.

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EVERTT A. OLIVER, OF RICHLAND, MISSOURI.

ATTACHMENT FOR OIL-CANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917.

Application filed July 26, 1916. Serial No. 111,387.

ing the oil out therefrom, my object being i to provide a simple, handy, and inexpensive attachment which will be durable in use and ready for operation at all times.

In the accompanying drawing which shows the preferred form of my invention, 1

and which forms a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the practical application of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of an oil can provided with my improvements, the lower portion being broken away and in section and illustrating my improvements in inoperative position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating my improvements in operative position, and

Fig. at is a detail perspective view of the ring removed.

Referring now to these figures, my invention contemplates the provision of means at the base of an oil can of conventional type whereby to make positive the springing of the base or bottom of the can in forcing the oil out therefrom, and to this end I provide a ring 10 engageable by the operators thumb when holding the oil can 11, of conventional type, in position for use, so that the base or bottom 12 of the can may be pressed inwardly by direct pressure of the operators thumb thereagainst, and drawn outwardly by engagement of the operators thumb with the ring 10.

The ring is held in connection with the base or bottom 12 of the oil can 11 by means of a retainer 13 the latter being in the form of a plate secured to the base or bottom of the can and having a bearing 14; in which a portion of the ring 10 is disposed and held adjacent the base 12 of the can.

The ring thus disposed, is movable from an inoperative position against the base 12 of the can as shown in Fig. 2, to the operative position at right angles to the base of the can, as shown in Fig. 3, its inoperative position permitting the can to be seated upon its crimped annular depending edge 15 as usual.

Thus to the end that the ordinary use of the oil can may not be interfered with, means are provided for normally holding the ring in its inoperative position against the base of the can, in the nature of laterally spaced free ends 16 of the ring, which are flattened as shown particularly in Fig. 4., and disposed within the bearing i l of the retainer, the ring 10 being preferably of spring material so that its flattened spaced ends 16 confined within the bearing 14, will operate against the same and the base 12 of the can to firmly hold the ring in both the inoperative position shown in Fig. 2, and the operative position shown in Fig. 3.

It is thus apparent that I provide a simple inexpensive expedient for the purposes above outlined, and a construction which will be durable in use and ready for use at all times.

I claim A handle for oil cans and the like including a ring at the base of the can, and a retainer consisting of a plate secured to the base of the can and having an intermediate bearing in which a portion of the ring is disposed and held against the base of the can, said ring being formed of spring material and having laterally spaced circumferentially lapping free ends within the said bearing and flattened for expansible engagement with the bearing and the base of the oil can, for the purpose described.

EVERTT A. OLIVER.

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